Indirect estimation of cause of death structure in Africa and contemporary theories of mortality

Article Abstract:

The residual method for the estimation of death rates in Africa is better than the cause-of-death structure based on data from Western countries. A focus on specific causes will give estimates which will be useful in deriving residual rates when mortality rates are known. The major causes of death in Africa are due to intestinal, airborne and infectious diseases, accidents, maternal causes, and poisoning. The rates vary depending on the environment, culture, education, economic conditions, and health facilities. Regionalization will prove of little use in cause-of-death estimates.

Statistics, Africa

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Assessing the contribution of age-sex differentials in causes of death due to infectious and parasitic diseases to the trends in age-sex differentials in life expectancy in Mauritius

Article Abstract:

Research was conducted to examine the link between a specific cause of death, sex differential in mortality and age patterns of mortality in Mauritius. The objective was to explore the influence of age-sex differentials in deaths caused by infectious and parasitic diseases by means of Keyfitz's methodology on cause-specific entropy. Results support earlier findings about the relevance of the period 1969-1976 in the mortality transition of Mauritius.

Mauritius, Sex differences (Biology)

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Quantitative approaches to detect the fourth stage of the epidemiologic transition

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Studies about the fourth stage of epidemiological transition started in the late 1980s. Supplementary methods discussed are more cost effective than the previously used techniques for the discovering the fourth stage of the epidemiologic transition. Although these methods are not new, they have the possibilities to be applied in this area of research. An example of one of these methods based on Canadian data is presented.

Analysis, Prevention, Preventive medicine, Epidemiological research, Cross sectional studies, Epidemiology, Medicine, Preventive

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